The Catholic Weekly 15 May 2022

catholicweekly.com.au 2 NEWS 15, May, 2022 FROM P1 Family Voice Australia has called on Mr Albanese to dump Ms Myers from Labor’ s NSW Senate ticket for mak- ing such offensive comments about Jesus Christ and says the smear highlights that she is unfit for public office. Its NSW spokesman Greg Bondar said Ms Myers, in a senior role within the ALP, should be setting an exam- ple to other candidates with her conduct and added that her unacceptable comments on social media highlight the need for the passing of a Re- ligious Discrimination Act by the federal parliament to en- sure Christians are not perse- cuted in the public sphere in this way. The Catholic Weekly ap- proached Mr Albanese for comment on Ms Myers’ re- marks, but no response was received as the publication went to press this week. NSWLiberal Senator, Hollie Hughes, saidMs Myers should be immediately disendorsed byMr Albanese given the deep hurt she has caused to Chris- tians. “Mr Albanese’s silence on this issue has been quite breathtaking, let alone hypo- critical with regards to attacks that they’re very happy to put on conservative candidates, yet are protecting someone who has said the most vile and insensitive things to those of a Catholic or Christian faith”, Senator Hughes told The Catholic Weekly. Liberal candidate Kather- ine Deves has defended her decision to describe transgen- der children as “surgicallymu- tilated and sterilised”, despite earlier apologising for using the phrase. She has however Inappropriate tweets from two candidates: only one faces consequences War on words should be fair: MP apologised for earlier remarks on social media in which she compared her activism in pre- venting transgender people from competing in women’s sport to opposition to the Hol- ocaust. Senator Hughes concedes that KatherineDeves hasmade inappropriate comments. However she believes Labor should apply the same stand- ards toMich-ElleMyers as they applied to Katherine Deves. “It’s certainly reflective of A tale of two leaders: Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Federal Opposition LeaderAnthonyAlbanese. The PM’s candidate for the seat of Warringah has been condemned for inappropriate tweets, yet one of Mr Albanese’s NSW Senate candidates has escaped the same level of public scrutiny. PHOTOS: AAP, POOL, ALEX ELLINGHAUSEN the hypocrisy within the ALP where a number of MPs pro- fess a strong Christian faith and yet continue to publicly endorse people who share views that are highly offensive towards Christians”, she said. “If they had an ounce of in- tegrity, they would have least acknowledged that Mich-Elle Myers’s comments were unac- ceptable. Their silence I think is the most disturbing aspect of this.” Senator Hughes said the media-pile on against Katherine Deves has been overwhelming and yet at the same time, the highly offen- sive comments fromMsMyers have attracted minimal media scrutiny. “When we look at the way the media and the Labor Par- ty have treated Ms Deves for what I agree were inappro- priate tweets and yet we’re seeing silence from the ALP in regards to Ms Myers. For Mr Albanese to parade himself at his old school, St Mary’s Ca- thedral College and proclaim his Catholic faith publicly in the election campaign and yet remain silent on Ms Myers’ comments is deeply disturb- ing. “Is Mr Albanese only of the Catholic faith when it’s politi- cal expedient of him to be so?” MONICA DOUMIT P11 KEVIN DONNELLY P26 I n this edition News Movies, books Archbishop’s homily Editorial & Letters 1-11 8-9 25 28-29 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Michael Kenny (02) 9390 5348 EDITOR Peter Rosengren (02) 9390 5400 REPORTERS Marilyn Rodrigues (02) 9390 5410 Debbie Cramsie (02) 9390 5396 Adam Wesselinoff (02) 9390 5400 SUBSCRIPTIONS Rita Ng (02) 9390 5411 ADVERTISING AND MARKETING Steve Richards (02) 9390 5404 Katie Clarke (02) 9390 5402 DESIGNERS Renate Cassis Mathew De Sousa Our story begins in 1839 with the Australasian Chronicle, continuing with the Freeman’s Journal in 1850. Level 13, Polding Centre, 133 Liverpool Street, Sydney, NSW 2000. 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